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Handshape — refers to specific shapes formed with that hand(s) that are used in signed languages and manual communication methods such as American Sign Language, other international signed languages, Signed Exact English, and cued speech among… … Wikipedia
American Sign Language grammar — The grammar of American Sign Language (ASL) is the best studied of any sign language, though research is still in its infancy, dating back only to William Stokoe in the 1960s. Stokoe was the first linguist to approach any sign language as a full… … Wikipedia
Fingerspelling — The American Manual Alphabet which is used in American Sign Language Fingerspelling (or dactylology) is the representation of the letters of a writing system, and sometimes numeral systems, using only the hands. These manual alphabets (also known … Wikipedia
American manual alphabet — The American Manual Alphabet is a manual alphabet that augments the vocabulary of American Sign Language when spelling individual letters of a word is the preferred or only option, such as with proper names or the titles of works. Letters should… … Wikipedia
Signuno — Signuno, or Signed Exact Esperanto, is a manual encoding of Esperanto proposed by an anonymous author, with Gestuno roots modified for Esperanto morphology. It is not a sign language, but a visual mode of the spoken language. That is, Signuno is… … Wikipedia
German Sign Language — Deutsche Gebärdensprache, DGS Signed in Germany Native signers 200,000 (date missing) Language family German Sign Language family … Wikipedia
American Sign Language literature — (or ASL literature) refers to stories, poetry, dramatic productions, folk tales, and even songs in American Sign Language.[1] ASL literature can denote works translated from other literatures into ASL, like Patrick Graybill s translation of the… … Wikipedia
American Sign Language — Infobox Language name=American Sign Language nativename= states=United States, Canada region=Anglophone North America signers=500,000 to 2 million in the USA alone (others unknown) family=emerging primarily from Old French Sign Language, with… … Wikipedia
Glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders — This is a glossary of medical terms related to communications disorders such as blindness and deafness. NOTOC A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Acoustic neuroma tumor, usually benign, which may develop on the hearing and… … Wikipedia
Sign writing — may mean:*The trade of sign writing. See Painter and decorator *SignWriting, the writing of the movements and handshapes of sign languages … Wikipedia
